scriptures of love for "lost sinners"

[Guest lovinmomhood]

<"I honestly believe from your answers in this post you are blind and deceived and know nothing at all about bible salvation. I know this may seem crude but Jesus never beat around the bush with any one on one dealings. Read for yourself and show me just one where he ever tells them he loves them.">

I am being told that there are no scriptures in the bible where Jesus professes his love to "lost sinners" He is referring to me...lol
Does anyone have anything to say to this to help me ?
I responded with Mark 10:21, Romans 8:39, John 15:12 and John 13:34 but he said he that those don't include lost sinners.

Thanks ,
Wendy

Edited January 5, 2006 by lovinmomhood

[Cure of Ars]

[quote name='lovinmomhood' date='Jan 5 2006, 02:01 PM']<"I honestly believe from your answers in this post you are blind and deceived and know nothing at all about bible salvation. I know this may seem crude but Jesus never beat around the bush with any one on one dealings. Read for yourself and show me just one where he ever tells them he loves them.">

I am being told that there are no scriptures in the bible where Jesus professes his love to "lost sinners" He is referring to me...lol
Does anyone have anything to say to this to help me ?
I responded with Mark 10:21, Romans 8:39, John 15:12 and John 13:34 but he said he that those don't include lost sinners.

Thanks ,
Wendy
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Well he died for the sinners of the world...even the people who are lost.

"He is expiation for our sins, and not for our sins only but for those of the whole world." 1 John 2:2

I would then ask him if Jesus' dying for the "world" was an act of love?

Edited January 6, 2006 by Cure of Ars

[MilesChristi]

[quote name='lovinmomhood' date='Jan 5 2006, 04:01 PM']<"I honestly believe from your answers in this post you are blind and deceived and know nothing at all about bible salvation. I know this may seem crude but Jesus never beat around the bush with any one on one dealings. Read for yourself and show me just one where he ever tells them he loves them.">

I am being told that there are no scriptures in the bible where Jesus professes his love to "lost sinners" He is referring to me...lol
Does anyone have anything to say to this to help me ?
I responded with Mark 10:21, Romans 8:39, John 15:12 and John 13:34 but he said he that those don't include lost sinners.

Thanks ,
Wendy
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Well, I don't know what he means by "bible salvation." Surely, the means of our salvation is the Sacrifice of Christ, not the collected books of the Bible.

Anyhow, I don't know chapter/verse citations off hand, but here are some ideas:

-Jesus said that he came to seek what was lost. Why would he bother to do so if he did not love them?

-His parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal son all demonstrate the love of God which seeks out the sinner who has gone astray.

-He dined with notorious sinners whom the Jewish community considered "lost" and excommunicated. He called Levi, a tax collector, to be an apostle.

-Looking upon Jerusalem, he said that he longed to gather them like a mother hen gathers her chicks beneath her wings. That's a very tender image of His love.

Although He didn't explicitly go around proclaiming, "I love you," Jesus' whole ministry demonstrates his love for lost sinners.

[Era Might]

[quote]But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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Note that God showed his love for us "while we were yet sinners" by dying on the Cross. If God cannot love the lost, then we would never have been saved, because everyone was lost at one point, and yet St. Paul tells us that God died for them precisely for that reason. Hence, he loves the lost.

ps: I love Mark 10:21. St. Mark makes such a profound statement with one phrase, "looking on him, he loved him". I think it's an excellent example.

Edited January 6, 2006 by Era Might